Will Smith leads Supermax, an action thriller from director David Gordon Green about two FBI agents investigating a murder inside the world’s most secure prison. Amazon MGM Studios took worldwide rights from Miramax in a deal reported around $70 million, and the film will go straight to Prime Video, per Deadline.
Smith plays an agent named Rex. AnnaSophia Robb plays his younger partner, according to MovieWeb. The cast also includes Jaafar Jackson, Jason Clarke, Melissa Leo, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Andrés Almeida and Nathan Phillips. Jackson’s character has not been revealed, and it is his first announced role since playing Michael Jackson in Michael.
David Weil and David J. Rosen wrote the script. Smith and Adam Fishbach produce through Westbrook, alongside Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman of The Picture Company. Production began in New South Wales, Australia, in August, and Melissa Leo joined the cast in September, per Variety.
Deadline calls it Smith’s first non-franchise studio film in recent years, and it is his first movie since Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024). No release date has been announced.
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